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The BG News March 26, 2008 Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 3-26-2008 The BG News March 26, 2008 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News March 26, 2008" (2008). BG News (Student Newspaper). 7903. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/7903 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. ESTABLISHED 1920 A daily independent student press serving THE BG NEWS the campus and surrounding community Wednesday March 26,2008 Volume 101. Issue 125 WWWBGNEWS.COM Student groups Lesbian takes questions in Kohl cafe Instructor Cynthia rally for rollover Mahaffey spoke to students last night about By Glna Potlhoff her life after divorcing Assistant Campus Editor her husband and coming .<«^f out | Page 3 Armed with petitions, flyers lJk< .|B»I and signs with catchy phrases, Ei ' One fisherman the student groups FREEDOM ■PJ and Transcendence protested remains lost in University Dining Services' the water intent to get rid of meal f plan rollover in the Union The Coast Guard calls yesterday. • ' off the search for final Roughly 10 protesters held up crew member of the signs and asked for student sig- ANDrSHAfER I THEBGNEWS downed Alaskan natures near the main entrance to the Union and in the Falcon's PROTEST POWER: Student groups FREEDOM and Transcendence teamed up to protest fishing vessel, Mr. nest around 11:30 a.m. University Dining Services' intention to eliminate meal plan rollover Satashi Konno n-i The protest, which lasted | Page 8 about two hours, was organized support, visibility, education and andmemberofTranscendence, in response to Dining Services' civil rights group on campus, said Dining Services shouldn't decision to eliminate meal plan to get students thinking about mess with rollover and should Beijing Olympics' rollover at the end of the spring where their money is going. give back the money students ceremony protest 2009 semester and the 4.5 per- Transcendence President are putting into their meal cent increase in meal plan prices Joseph Aufenthie said plans. French president may next fall. although their group usually Students can share their be absent from opening Flyers passed out by protesters protests transgender issues, meal plan rollover money ceremony in protest of urged students to "Say 'Yes' to they also organize for student when buying food for friends, Rollover! It is YOUR MONEY." issues, such as mealplan roll- Aufenthie said. China's violence in Tibet FREEDOM, a progressive over elimination. "Rollover builds community | Page IS social activist student group "We are students and this that way," he said. on campus, organized the pro- affects the student body," The University wants to go Egyptian dead, test and combined forces with Aufenthie said. U.S. blamed Transcendence, a transgender Joelle Ryan, a grad student See ROLLOVER | Page 2 Loss of young father PHOTO I11USTIMI10N BY CHHISIINA MCGINNIS Mohammed Fouad DANCE MARATHON I PART TWO blamed on firing from U.S. military guard BG Undead DM | Pag.15 Falcon tennis: makes uneasy start to searches for season The ladies' tennis miracles kteam starts the support to use I second half of : the season for kids L with losses to EMU and Nerf guns By Kristen Vim Toledo Reporter |Pag«9 By Ryan Sullivan Seven-year-old Alexis Flynn is just like any other iiltle girl. She likes to sing and dance. She loves The University nughl hamper the second round animals and the outdoors. She of BG Undeatrs game play after the announce- plays the piano and loves the computer. ment was made last week to plaee an immedi- But unlike other girls her age, ate han on the use of Nerf guns on campus. the sweet and vivacious green- Ihegame.a version oil lumans versus/omhies, eyed, curly brown-haired Flynn is still going to he played hut it's going to he has faced horrors that other chil- Take away Nerf dren have not. toys, take away more difficult for the humans to survive, said Flynn was diagnosed with freedom senior Atonn Smelt/er, the weh administrator Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in July 2004 when she was just Columnist Levi Joseph for the group. PHOTO PROVIDED 4 years old at Riley Hospital for Wonder insists that Humans versus Zombies is a game played IT'S FOR THE KIDS: Alexis Flynn and her family pictured last year. Alexis was diagnosed Children in Indianapolis. During the University's Nerf between two teams, the humans and the zom- with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in July 2004. The Flynn family has been actively involved with Dance Marathon and Mini Marathon for the past four years. See MIRACLE | Page 2 toy ban doesn't bies. make Humans versus The goal of the humans is to survive the /.oni- Zombies less hie attack hy not being "bitten" and turned into controversial, but President Ribeau answers Tough restricts the freedoms of University students | Page 4 Questions' and student concerns By Scolt R.ck.r Should students be County prosecutor Reporter allowed to carry Nerf I Last night students were given a guns on campus? results undecided rare opportunity to askquest ions and voice their concerns to the By Tim Sampson Paul man who holds the University's City Editor highest position. Dobson This year's fourth and final Although the vote took place Assistant County installment of the Tough three weeks ago, the winner of Prosecutor Question series, which is medi- the Wood County prosecutor's ated by distinguished profes- tl ANTHONY GUERRINI, race is still up in the air. sor M. Neil Browne, featured Freshman. Political Science County officials will be meet- President Sidney Ribeau and ing tonight to certify the results Matt had the series' biggest participa- rt "Oh hell yes." of that vote which, on election Reger tion and largest attendance. sconmcKtR JHEBGNEWS night, left the two front runners Bowling Green Student questions ranged | Page 4 — Assistant County Prosecutor GRILLING THE PRES: M. Neil Browne hosts the last installment of Tough Questions' last Prosecutor from personal questions, such Paul Dobson and Bowling as why Ribeau is not more vis- night with University President Sidney Ribeau in the hot seat Green Prosecutor Matt Reger ible on campus, to more heated heated issue of the University While former President Paul — separated by a razor thin issues, such as parking. eliminating meal plan rollover. Olscamp thought parking was margin and left the race too results showed Dobson in the He told the audience that he Ribeau said although meal not a problem, but rather stu- close to call. lead, there are still enough is not consistently visible on plans will no longer rollover, dents' motivation to walk lo Unofficial results from provisional and absentee bal- campus because he often travels because the University's audi- campus, Ribeau disagrees. TODAY the March 4 election showed lots remaining to be counted while raising additional funds tors advised them it was the best "The reason I was late was I I Partly Cloudy Dobson leading his nearest that could affect the results, for the University, but that does way to control their budget, the couldn't find parking," Ribeau U High: 49, Low: J2 rival, Reger, by just 29 votes. Burton said. not mean interaction with stu- University is not trying to work said, causing an eruption Dobson received 3,908 votes "We have to wait 21 days, dents is not a priority. against the students' benefit. of laughter. while Reger garnered 3,879. according to federal law, for "Any student who asks for an University officials are work- Ribeau said the University This close result has been all the provisional and over- appointment to meet me; I will ing on a way for students with has long-term goals to improve enough to keep the ultimate seas ballots to come in," make that a priority," Ribeau a large sum of money on their the parking situation, including TOMORROW decision in doubt, said Terry Burton said. said. current meal plan to be able to the plan of to eventually have a PM Showers Burton, Director of Wood Now that the 21-day window Two of the more serious cam- make a successful transition to parking structure. County Board of elections. High: 43. Low: 31 pus issues addressed were cam- the new way meal plans will be I Although the unofficial See ELECTION | Page? pus parking, and the current handled, Ribeau said. See RIBEAU | Page 2 K VISIT BGNEWS.COM: NEWS, SPORTS, UPDATES, MULTIMEDIA AND FORUMS FOR YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE' ^0 j : ^ 1 I WWW.BGNEWS.COM 2 Wednesday. March 26.2008 BLOTTER MIRACLE "I can't look the students in the face and RIBEAU "You have a sense... MONDAY From Page 1 tell them this because what they do means From Page 1 there is an academic 834 A.M. her time there, 1 lynn under- so much to me. They are willing to give up "Do you know how much a conversation that An employee at Meijer on East went surgeries designed to test parking structure costs per Wooster Street reported inappropri- her lymph nodes. She also had so much of their time - we are just in awe." space?" Ribeau asked the is possible." ate developed pictures of a child a spinal tap and experienced crowd. being tied up. bone marrow checks. Tony Flynn | Alexis Flynn's Father > No one guessed even close to M.
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